Becenthj published Ornithological Works. 391 



for our available space is limited. Plenty of material there- 

 fore remained to be expanded into the present agreeable 

 narrative of life and exploration^ especially as regards the 

 almost unvisited islands of Dolgoi and Waigatch, to the 

 north and east of the mouth of the Petchora. Kolguev Island, 

 moreover, had been by no means exhausted by Mr. Trevor- 

 Battye; and the south-west of Gooseland — the portion of 

 Novaya Zemlya to the south of the Matyushin Strait — well 

 repaid investigation, while the east side of the northern 

 island, Liitkeland, was also visited. The book is profusely 

 illustrated from photographs, many of them very beautiful; 

 there are several maps and plans ; the frontispiece gives 

 coloured figures of twelve eggs of the Little Stint ; and the 

 index is excellent. It is a pity that shoal water precluded 

 a landing on the Yalmal Peninsula ; but, even as it stands, the 

 book fills in a very important gap in our knowledge of 

 Arctic geography as well as natural history. The appendices 

 by Col. Feilden have received very high praise from com- 

 petent authorities, and the title of the work, which is from 

 ' Paradise Lost,' book x., was suggested by him. 



(]0. Peel oil the Birds of Somaliland. 



[Somalilaiid : being an Account of Two Expeditions into tlie Far 

 Interior, together witli a complete List of everj' Animal and Bird known 

 to inhabit that Country, and a List of the Reptiles collected by the 

 Author. By C. A. V. Peel, F.Z.S. London, 1900.] 



Mr. Peel's octavo volume, of 345 pages, contains a narra- 

 tive of two excursions made into the far interior of Somaliland 

 in 1895 and 1897 (no exact dates specified), and is chiefly 

 occupied with accounts of his adventures in the pursuit of 

 the larger game. In an Appendix is given a list of the 

 mammals and birds of Somaliland. The list of birds (in 

 the preparation of which the author acknowledges the 

 assistance of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and Mr. Hartert) contains 

 the names of about 295 species, with localities and a few 

 field-notes. 



